They were first-time visit to eastern Indonesia (NTT, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua), will always meet with a vegetable menu papaya flowers everywhere. In this area, vegetable papaya flower is not just an exclusive menu, but daily necessities. Accordingly, papaya flowers always seem sold in stalls and markets. If we look at the physical NTT, Bugis, Maluku and Papua tightly, one reason is the interest vegetable papaya. For according to the phytochemical study of Pharmacy Department of Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), the male flowers fresh papaya hanging, it contains antioxidants that are beneficial to health.
The content of papaya hanging flower is flavonoids, tannins, steroid - triterpenoids, and carbohydrates. The study was conducted by means of continuous extraction using n-hexane, methylene chloride, ethyl acetate, and methanol. Of the methanol extract obtained an amide compound and from the n-hexane extract obtained a steroid compound. The test results of antioxidant activity by the method of reduction of a solution of 1,1-diphenyl-2 picrylhydrazyl show, the methanol extract has an activity most powerful free radical catcher with EC50 value of 0.3537 mg / mL. Up in addition to the delicious taste, papaya flower hanging was also efficacious for health.
In eastern Indonesia, vegetables are usually eaten together with taro, taro, yams and cassava. For those who are not accustomed to taking it, the taste of vegetables is rather strange. If we can not cook it, instead of papaya flowers will taste bitter. This bitter taste not only in the interest, but especially in the leaves, and the cause is an alkaloid carpein (C14H25NO2).
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